February 10, 2009

Beer=Fuel

Kudos to the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company! They will begin manufacturing high-grade ethanol fuel from
leftover beer yeast. In a partnership with E-Fuel (the company that invented the world's
first home ethanol machine), they will begin testing portable ethanol refineries at their
Chico, California brewery.

The company creates approximately 1.6 million gallons of
unusable beer yeast waste each year. Testing will begin in Q2 of this year. The company hopes to
use ethanol for their own vehicles and may supply employees--as well as distribute extra fuel through E-Fuel's
network.